This is a List of Old Rugbeians, they being notable former students – known as "Old Rugbeians" of the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

school,

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...

Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In the 2021 census its population was 78,125, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby whi ...

, England.

Academia

* L.A. Adamson, Headmaster of

Wesley College, Melbourne , motto_translation = Dare To Be Wise , slogan = A ''True'' Education (2010 – Present) , established = 18 January 1866 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender ...

Donald Beves Donald Howard Beves (1896 – 6 July 1961) was an English academic whose subject was modern languages, and dean and later vice-provost of King's College, Cambridge. Life Beves was the son of Edward Leslie Beves, a prosperous Brighton timber mer ...

(1896–1961), English modern linguist * R. G. Collingwood, English historian and Professor of Metaphysics at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Richard Congreve Richard Congreve (4 September 1818 – 5 July 1899) was the first English philosopher to openly espouse the Religion of Humanity, the godless form of religious humanism that was introduced by Auguste Comte, as a distinct form of positivism. Co ...

(1818–1899), English philosopher *

Marcus Flather Marcus Denis Flather (born December 1957) is an American academic who is a clinical professor in medicine at Norwich Medical School. A specialist in cardiology, he is also a recognised expert in clinical trials. Education Flather was educated ...

, Clinical Professor in Medicine at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

Henry Watson Fowler Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both ''A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'' and his work on the ''Con ...

, English lexicographer, author of '' Fowler's Modern English Usage'' * T. H. Green, moral and political philosopher and reformer * R. M. Hare, English moral philosopher * Fenton John Anthony Hort, English theologian * F. L. Lucas, Reader in English Literature at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

, scholar, critic and writer *

Edward Ellis Morris Edward Ellis Morris (25 December 1843 – 1 January 1902) was an English educationist and miscellaneous writer and latterly in colonial Australia. Biography Morris was born in Madras, British India, fourteenth child of John Carnac Morris, a ...

, Educationist, second Headmaster of

Melbourne Grammar School (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denomination ...

(1875–83), and miscellaneous writer * Edward Samuel Morris (1940–2016), art historian *

Frederick York Powell Frederick York Powell (4 January 1850 – 8 May 1904) was an English historian and scholar. Biography He was born on 4 January 1850 at 43 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London, the son of Frederick Powell, a commissariat merchant, and his wife Ma ...

Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford) The Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford is a long-established professorial position. Holders of the title have often been medieval historians. The first appointment was made in 1724. The term "Regius" reflects the origins of t ...

* Henry John Stephen Smith, Irish mathematician * Jon Stallworthy, Professor of English at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

* Sir

Percy Sykes Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, (28 February 1867 – 11 June 1945) was a British soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output. He wrote historical, geographical, and biographical works, as well as describing ...

soldier, diplomat, writer and scholar * Richard Henry Tawney, one of Britain's leading Christian Socialist thinkers and writers, and a prominent British economic and social historian * Henry Wace, Principal of King's College London (1883–1897), former

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Deans had also existed before this time; its immediate precur ...

Wynne Godley Wynne Godley (26 September 192613 May 2010) was an economist famous for his pessimism about the British economy and his criticism of the British government. In 2007, he and Marc Lavoie wrote a book about the " Stock-Flow Consistent" model, an a ...

, economist * Sir Will Spens, educationalist and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1927-1952) * Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War

The Armed Forces

* Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Cassels , former Chief of the General Staff & Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine * Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, fought during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars * Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver & Two Bars, British officer during the Second World War * Admiral Sir Guy Grantham GCB CBE DSO, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet;

Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. The commanders-in-chief were based at premises in High Street, Portsmouth from the 1790s until the end of Sir Thomas Williams's tenure, his succes ...

and

Governor of Malta A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

* General Arthur Clifton GCB, general who was a regimental commander during the Napoleonic Wars, and took over command of the Union Brigade during the Battle of Waterloo * General Sir Ivor Maxse KCB, CVO, DSO, General Officer Commanding XVIII Corps during World War I; renown for his innovative and effective training methods * General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall KCB,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, DSO, MC, General Officer Commanding,

British Troops in Egypt British Troops in Egypt was a command of the British Army. History A British Army commander was appointed in the late 19th century after the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. The British Army remained in Egypt throughout the First World War and, after t ...

during World War II * General Sir George Giffard , Commander-in-Chief,

11th Army Group The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War. Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British Africa ...

in World War II * General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt KCB, CMG, DSO, commanded 57th Brigade and then

38th (Welsh) Division The 38th (Welsh) Division (initially the 43rd Division, later the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then the 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division) of the British Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. In 1914, the divisio ...

during World War I and later was appointed Governor of Bermuda * General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn KCB, DSO, MC, General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division during the withdrawal to Dunkirk & later

Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces was a senior officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars. The role of the appointment was firstly to oversee the training and equipment of formations in preparation for their deployment ove ...

* General John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort, British General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; also a Whig politician * General Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody GCB, KBE, DSO, Commander-in-Chief, Northern Command and

Adjutant General An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer. France In Revolutionary France, the was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer. It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staf ...

* General Sir Horatio Shirley KCB, fought in the Crimean War * Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder KBE CB, UK Military Representative to NATO * Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby KB, General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who was

Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, was title of the commander of the British forces in Ireland before 1922. Until the Act of Union in 1800, the position involved command of the distinct Irish Army of the Kingdom of Ireland. History Marshal of Ireland ...

; he was also MP for

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the ...

, and Governor of Trinidad * Lieutenant General William Augustus Johnson, fought as a junior officer in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars *

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Arthur Ernest Percival Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

& Bar, , the General Officer Commanding, Malaya during World War II who surrendered Singapore to the Imperial Japanese Army *

Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

Henry Royds Pownall KCB, KBE, DSO & Bar, former Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff & Chief of Staff for the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of France * Lieutenant General Henry Andrew Sarel CB fought in the Indian Mutiny and Second Opium War; later

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the ''de facto'' head of state in Guernsey ...

* Lieutenant General Jonathan Peel, general and politician * Lieutenant General Henry Hope Crealock CB CMG, commanded a division in the Anglo-Zulu War * Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly KCSI,

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

army officer and Conservative MP * Lieutenant General Sir Charles Arbuthnot GCB, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army and Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army * Lieutenant General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB, OBE, a former Military Secretary * Lieutenant General Timothy Radford CB DSO OBE, current Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps * Lieutenant General Willoughby Cotton Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army * Major-General Sir George Forestier-Walker KCB, commanded 21st Division and 27th Division on the Western Front and as part of the

British Salonika Army The British Salonika Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I. After the armistice in November 1918, it was disbanded, but component units became the newly formed Army of the Black Sea, and General Milne remained in command. Fi ...

during World War I * Major-General William Donovan Stamer CB, CBE, DSO, MC, commanded 161st Infantry Brigade, Sudan Defence Force and 131st Infantry Brigade during World War II * Major-General Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons KCMG CB,

Commander of the British Troops in Canada This is a list of officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn. From 1875 there was a separate commander of the Canadian Militia. This officer was responsible to ...

* Major-General Sir Harcourt Mortimer Bengough KCB, fought in the Crimean War, Anglo-Zulu War and Third Anglo-Burmese War * Major-General Sir William Eyre KCB, commanded 3rd Brigade and later 3rd Division in the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

; later

Commander-in-Chief, North America The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was a military position of the British Army. Established in 1755 in the early years of the Seven Years' War, holders of the post were generally responsible for land-based military personnel and ac ...

* Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton KBE CB DSO, instrumental in the development of the tank *

Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Philip de Fonblanque DSO, commanded the Lines of Communication for the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of France * Major-General Geoffrey Bruce , Deputy Chief of Staff of the British Indian Army; also a member of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition and 1924 British Mount Everest expedition * Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin CB, MC, Divisional Commander in Persia, Iraq, Madagascar and Italy during World War II * Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough CB CVO * Major-General Sir William Godwin Michelmore KBE, CB, DSO, MC, TD, commanded

Devon and Cornwall County Division The Devon and Cornwall County Division was a County Division of the British Army created during the Second World War. It was formed on 28 February 1941, from recently recruited soldiers, in response to the renewed threat of a German invasion. T ...

77th Infantry Division 77th Division or 75th Infantry Division may refer to: * 77th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 77th Infantry Division of Khurasan, Iran * 77th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 77th Division (People's Republic of China) * 77th Division ( ...

and 45th Holding Division during World War II; later Lord Mayor of Exeter * Major-General Victor Campbell CB DSO OBE * Air Vice Marshal Augustus Henry Orlebar CBE AFC & Bar,

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

and

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

officer who served in both world wars * Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE CB CMG, soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output * Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan CB, CMG, DSO, commanded 12th Cavalry Brigade. After the war he was the MP for Abingdon, 1918–1921 * Brigadier-General George MacLeay Macarthur-Onslow CMG, DSO, commanded

5th Light Horse Brigade The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) that served during World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Queensland. During Wor ...

of the Australian Army during World War I * Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB FRS, Chief Engineer Ports Construction to the British Army in France and Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty * Brigadier-General Anthony Courage , Regimental Colonel of the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars. * Brigadier Philip Bowden-Smith CBE, Commander of 125th Infantry Brigade which later became 10th Armoured Brigade; he also represented Great Britain at the 1924 Olympic Games * Brigadier Raymond Ladais Sandover DSO ED, Commander 2/11th Battalion (Australia) and 6th Australian Infantry Brigade * Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet VC, KCB, awarded the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

during the Indian Mutiny * Colonel Osmond Barnes, Chief Herald of the

Indian Empire The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

* Colonel Lionel Beaumont-Thomas MC MP,

officer during both World Wars and

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

Member of Parliament for Birmingham King's Norton * Colonel James Duff Army Officer who fought in the Crimean War and later became a Conservative MP * Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn, commander of the 2nd (Central African) Battalion, King's African Rifles * Colonel Robin Evelegh,

officer who authored 'Peace-Keeping in a Democratic Society' * William Proby, Lord Proby, a British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," f ...

and Whig politician * Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell VC DSO, won the

and

Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, ty ...

during World War I * Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading GCMG CBE MC TD PC QC, Liberal then Conservative politician and barrister who fought in World War I * Lieutenant-Colonel Kanwar Shumshere Singh, doctor in the

Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...

* Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander "Alec" Ogilvie CBE, early aviation pioneer * Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, British officer during the First World War * Lieutenant Commander Robert Selby Armitage GC GM, won both the George Cross and

George Medal The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI,''British Gallantry Medals'' (Abbott and Tamplin), p. 138 is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry, typically by civilians, or in cir ...

for his bomb disposal work during the Second World War * Lieutenant Commander John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller GC,

officer who was awarded the George Cross for bomb disposal work during the

Blitz Blitz, German for "lightning", may refer to: Military uses *Blitzkrieg, blitz campaign, or blitz, a type of military campaign *The Blitz, the German aerial campaign against Britain in the Second World War *, an Imperial German Navy light cruiser b ...

* Major Arthur Willan Keen MC, British World War I flying ace credited with fourteen aerial victories * William Hodson, commander during the 1857 Indian mutiny and founder of

Hodson's Horse 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) is a part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army, which had its beginnings as an irregular cavalry regiment during the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Formation The regiment was raised during the turbulent ti ...

* Major Bruce Shand, MC and Bar, officer in the British Army and father of Camilla, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall * Squadron Leader William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson MC and Bar, DFC, army officer in World War I before joining the RFC and RAF in both World Wars * Squadron Leader Hedley Fowler MC, RAF officer who escaped from

Colditz Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the ...

* Captain John Norwood VC won the

during World War I * Captain Charles Roger Lupton DSC*, British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories * Captain Kenneth Barbour Montgomery MC, British World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories * Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass VC, the first

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

and the first officer of the Indian Army to receive the

during World War I * Lieutenant Alfred Gordon Clark VC, won the

during World War I * Lieutenant Arthur Conolly, British Officer in 6th Bengal Native Light Cavalry. Coined the phrase 'The Great Game' * Lieutenant Donald Hankey, wrote two volumes of essays about the British volunteer army in World War I both titled 'A Student in Arms' * Sir James Arnold Stacey Cleminson, KBE, MC * Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, British Army officer who was part of Henry Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886-89 *

Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor Henry William Crosbie Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor DL, JP (26 July 1828 – 23 February 1911), styled The Honourable from birth until 1881, was an Irish peer, Conservative politician and soldier. Background He was the second son of Edward Ward, 3 ...

British Army Officer who fought in the Xhosa Wars

Aviation

* Christopher Orlebar, British

Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

pilot, aviation lecturer and writer * John Gillespie Magee, Junior, Anglo-American poet and aviator

Building, Engineering and Architecture

* Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian *

Will Butler-Adams William David Butler-Adams (born 11 May 1974 in London) OBE FRGS is the managing director of Brompton Bicycle Limited a manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, published by the Made in Britain Campaign and Brompton Bike Hire Limited a provide ...

, managing director of

Brompton Bicycle Brompton Bicycle is a British manufacturer of folding bicycles based in Greenford, London. The Brompton folding bicycle and accessories are the company's core product, noted for its self-supporting compact size when stored. All available model ...

Limited * William Grierson, civil engineer * Sir Charles Nicholson, ecclesiastical designer and architect *

David Ogle David Slingsby Ogle (1921''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' – 25 May 1962) was a British industrial and car designer. He founded the design consultancy company Ogle Design in 1954. He was educated at Rugby Scho ...

, industrial designer and car designer * Thomas Henry Poole, architect of numerous churches and schools in New York City *

Reid Railton Reid A. Railton (1895–1977) was a British automotive engineer, and designer of land and water speed record vehicles. Biography Reid Antony Railton was the son of a Manchester stockbroker: Charles Withingon Railton and his wife Charlotte Eliza ...

, automotive engineer and designer of land and water speed record vehicles *

Sir Harry Ricardo Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine. Among his many other works, ...

, designer of the internal combustion engine and patentee of the

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...

engine * Clement E. Stretton, consulting engineer and author.

Business

* Richard Jewson, businessman and

Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk. * William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 – *Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Su ...

Charles Tertius Mander Sir Charles Tertius Mander, 1st Baronet JP, DL, TD (16 July 1852 – 8 April 1929) was a Midland manufacturer (and as such Royal Warrant holder), philanthropist and public servant, of Wolverhampton, England. Biography Mander was the eldest s ...

, first baronet, manufacturer, public servant and philanthropist. * Clive Schlee, businessman, CEO of

Pret a Manger Pret A Manger (''prêt à manger'' is French for ''ready to eat'') is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret, founded in 1983. As of December 2022, Pret had 434 shops in the UK, ...

Nusli Wadia Nusli Wadia (born 15 February 1944) is an Indian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Wadia Group, an Indian conglomerate involved in the FMCG, textiles and real estate industries among others. His net worth was estimated at US$4.1 b ...

, businessman, Chairman of the

Wadia Group Wadia Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. It was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736 and is the oldest company in India, with its subsidiary The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, establis ...

, son of

Neville Wadia Neville Ness Wadia (22 August 1911 – 31 July 1996) was a British businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. W ...

and

Dina Wadia Dina Wadia (born Dina Jinnah; 15 August 19192 November 2017) was the daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan and Rattanbai Petit. She belonged to the prominent Jinnah family through her father, the Petit fa ...

, grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and

Rattanbai Jinnah Rattanbai Jinnah (''née'' Petit; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), also known as Ruttie Jinnah, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder. Additionally, Rattanbai Petit ...

Civil Service

* Sir Christopher Bullock KCB CBE,

Permanent Under-Secretary A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil ...

at the

Air Ministry The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the Secretary of State ...

* Sir Bertram Blakiston Cubitt KCB, civil servant in the

War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ...

* Sir George Coldstream KCB KCVO QC,

Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office The Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department was the most senior civil servant in the Lord Chancellor's Department and a senior member of Her Majesty's Civil Service. Officially titled Her Majesty's Permanent Under-Secretary of State ...

* Sir Arthur Franks KCMG,

Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service The chief of the Secret Intelligence Service serves as the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, also commonly known as MI6), which is part of the United Kingdom intelligence community. The chief is appointed by the foreign secretary, to ...

* Sir Ernest Gowers GCB GBE, civil servant and author of ''

The Complete Plain Words ''The Complete Plain Words'', titled simply ''Plain Words'' in its 2014 revision, is a style guide written by Sir Ernest Gowers, published in 1954. It has never been out of print. It comprises expanded and revised versions of two pamphlets th ...

'' * Sir Godfrey Lushington, GCMG, KCB,

of the Home Office 1886–1895; championed prison reform * Sir Nicholas Montagu KCB, Chairman of H.M.

Inland Revenue The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation t ...

, 1997–2004 * Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence; and 1st Cabinet Secretary * J. M. Bruce Lockhart CB CMG, intelligence officer

Colonial Service and Imperial Administration

* Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot KCSI, colonial administrator and writer *

Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, (; 16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000), was a British politician, diplomat and the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony, with four ...

, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong * Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines CSI, member of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...

* Sir Henry Conway Belfield KCMG JP, Resident of Negeri Sembilan; Resident of Selangor; British Resident of Perak and finally Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate *

Maurice Collis Maurice Stewart Collis (10 January 1889 – 12 January 1973) was an administrator in Burma (Myanmar) when it was part of the British Empire, and afterwards a writer on Southeast Asia, China and other historical subjects. Life He was born in Du ...

colonial administrator in Burma; later a writer on South-East Asia *

Arthur Conolly Arthur Conolly (2 July 1807, London – 17 June 1842, Bukhara) was a British intelligence officer, explorer and writer. He was a captain of the 6th Bengal Light Cavalry in the service of the British East India Company. He participated in many r ...

(1807–1842), captain in the East India Company's service * Henry Valentine Conolly, member of the

* The Honourable Sir Ashley Eden KCSI CIE,

Chief Commissioner A chief commissioner is a commissioner of a high rank, usually in chief of several commissioners or similarly styled officers. Colonial In British India the gubernatorial style was chief commissioner in various (not all) provinces (often after be ...

of British Crown Colony of

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal * Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth KCSI CB, Administrator of the British Raj * Patrick William Forbes, Commander of the

British South Africa Police The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980). It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company, fro ...

, who invaded Matabeland in the

First Matabele War The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern-day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the compa ...

; later Magistrate of Mashonaland 1893–1894; Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia 1895–1897 * Sir Robert Allason Furness KBE CMG, classicist and representative of the

British Council The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh lan ...

in Egypt, 1945-1950 * Sir Henry Paul Harvey KCMG, Egyptian Financial Advisor from 1907 to 1912 and 1919–1920 * Sir Frederick James Halliday KCB, first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal *

Stephen Rumbold Lushington Stephen Rumbold Lushington (6 May 1776 – 5 August 1868) was an English Tory politician and an administrator in India. He was governor of Madras from 1827 to 1835. Early life He was born at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, the son of the Rev. James S ...

Governor of Madras This is a list of the governors, agents, and presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the English East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947. English Agents In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English was finalized b ...

1827–1832 and Tory politician * Leonard Fielding Nalder colonial administrator who served as Governor of Fung Province 1927–1930 and Mongalla province 1930–1936 in

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ( ar, السودان الإنجليزي المصري ') was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt in the Sudans region of northern Africa between 1899 and 1956, corresponding mostly to the territory of present-day ...

* James Alexander Richey CIE, educational administrator in South Africa and India * Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, GCSI, CIE, PC, FRS, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1874–1877; Governor of Bombay 1877–1880 and also an MP * Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope KCSI CIE, civil servant of the Government of India, including Public Works * Sir George Chardin Denton, Governor of Gambia * John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby GCMG KCB KCVO CSI CIE, Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province; Governor-General of the Sudan; and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies * John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken GCB,

Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1858 and 1937 for India(and Burma by extension), and for India and Burma from 1937 ...

1883–1909 * Sir William Frederick Gowers KCMG, Governor of Uganda *

John Claude White John Claude White (1October 18531918) was an engineer, photographer, author and civil servant in British India. From 1889 to 1908, White served as the Political Officer in Sikkim, then a British protectorate. As part of his remit, he also mana ...

CIE, Deputy Commissioner of the Tibet Frontier Commission

Diplomatic Service

* Sir Charles Bagot GCB, MP, diplomat and administrator * Sir Thomas Bromley KCMG, Ambassador to Somalia, Syria, Algeria & Ethiopia * Sir Julian Bullard GCMG, Ambassador to West Germany * Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock GCB GCMG GCVO KCIE, Ambassador to Spain; to Russia and finally Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs * Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle, Consul to the Canton of Geneva * Baron Charles de Chassiron, Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 2001–2006 * Sir Leycester Coltman, Ambassador to Cuba from 1991 to 1994 and to Colombia 1994–1998; author of ''The Real Fidel Castro'' * Sir John Coulson KCMG, Ambassador to Sweden and Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association * Sir Moore Crosthwaite KCMG, Ambassador to Lebanon and to Sweden * Sir Patrick Henry Dean GCMG, Permanent Representative to the UN 1960–1964; Ambassador to the United States 1965–1969 and also Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee * Sir Henry Drummond Wolff GCB

GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

PC, High Commissioner to Egypt; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Teheran; and Ambassador to Spain; also a

Politician * Sir Ewen Fergusson GCMG GCVO, Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 1975–1978; Ambassador to South Africa 1982–1984 and

to France "To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album ''Discovery'' and features Maggie Reilly on vocals. The musical theme used in "To France" was also used on the first track on side two of the ''Discovery' ...

1987–1992 * Sir Anthony Figgis, KCVO CMG, Ambassador to Austria 1996–2000;

Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is the King's link with the diplomatic community in London, arranges the annual diplomatic corps reception by th ...

2001–2008 and the current Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod *

Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet Sir William Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1847 – 20 May 1924) was a British diplomat. Background and education Goschen was born at Eltham, England, the twelfth child and sixth son of Wilhelm Heinrich Göschen, originally of Leipzig, ...

GCB GCMG GCVO PC, Ambassador to Serbia, to Denmark, to Austria-Hungary and to Germany; later

Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State The Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State is an officer of the British Royal Household. He is responsible for bearing the Sword of State before the monarch on ceremonial occasions. However, the Gentleman Usher was removed from the procession at th ...

Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, (4 July 1905 – 28 October 1996) was a British diplomat and public servant. Background and education Hankey was the eldest son of Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, and Adeline, daughter of Abraham ...

KCMG KCVO, Ambassador to Sweden 1954–1960 * Sir James Hudson GCB, Ambassador to Turin *

Augustus Henry Mounsey Augustus Henry Mounsey (27 August 1834 – 10 April 1882) was a British diplomat. His firsthand account of the Japanese Satsuma Rebellion published in 1879 gives the most detailed descriptions of the military campaigns of the rebellion. Li ...

, Minister Resident and Consul General to Colombia * Sir Owen O'Malley KCMG Minister to Hungary 1939–1941; British ambassador to the Polish government in exile during World War II; and Ambassador to Portugal 1945–1957 * Sir Maurice Peterson GCMG, Minister to Bulgaria 1936–1938; Ambassador to Iraq 1938–1939; to Spain 1939–1940; to Turkey 1944–1946 and to Russia 1946–1949 * Sir Frank Roberts GCMG GCVO, Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1954–1957; Permanent Representative on the

North Atlantic Council The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consisting of permanent representatives of its member countries. It was established by Article 9 of the North ...

1957–1960; Ambassador to the USSR 1960–1962; to West Germany 1963–1968 *

Ian Samuel Adrian Christopher Ian Samuel (20 August 1915 – 26 December 2010) was a Royal Air Force pilot, British diplomat, and director of chemical and agrochemical trade associations. Career Ian Samuel was educated at Rugby School and St John's College ...

CMG CVO, diplomat and RAF officer during World War II * Sir William Seeds KCMG, Ambassador to Brazil 1930–1935; and Ambassador to Russia 1939–1940 * Sir Alan Urwick, KCVO, CMG, Ambassador to Jordan 1979–1984; to Egypt 1985–1987;

British High Commissioner to Canada The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada is the United Kingdom's foremost Diplomat, diplomatic representative in Canada and is in charge of the British High Commission, Ottawa, British diplomatic mission to Canada. As fellow members ...

1987–1989 and

Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons The Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons is a parliamentary official responsible for order in the House of Commons. The office dates to 1415 and traditionally included responsibility for security. The role is now mainly ceremonial. The Hou ...

1989–1995 * Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, GCH, PC, Minister to Switzerland 1823–1825 and Minister to the United States 1825–1835 * Sir Peter Wilkinson, Ambassador to Vietnam in 1966–1967; also a SOE agent during World War II * Sir Michael S. Williams, KCMG, Ambassador to Guatemala 1962–1963; and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1965–1970

Ecclesiastics

* Robert Barbour, lecturer in theology, moderator of the church of Scotland, and holder of the Military Cross *

George Bradley George Washington Bradley (July 13, 1852 – October 2, 1931), nicknamed "Grin", was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder. He played for multiple teams in the early years of the National League, the oldest le ...

Dean of Westminster The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbu ...

* Charles Boyd, Archdeacon of Colombo *

Godwin Birchenough Godwin Birchenough (27 October 1880, Macclesfield, Cheshire – 3 March 1953) was the only son of Walter Edwin Birchenough and was the grandson of John Birchenough, a prominent Macclesfield silk manufacturer. Godwin Birchenough, who was also ...

Dean of Ripon Cathedral The Dean of Ripon is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ripo ...

* John Bickersteth KCVO,

Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...

and

Clerk of the Closet The College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is under the Clerk of the Closet, an office dating from 1437. It is normally held by a diocesan bishop, who may, however, remain in office after leav ...

* Geoffrey Clayton, Archdeacon of Chesterfield; Bishop of Johannesburg and Archbishop of Cape Town *

Thomas Legh Claughton Thomas Legh Claughton (6 November 1808 – 25 July 1892) was a British academic, poet, and clergyman. He was professor of poetry at Oxford University from 1852 to 1857; Bishop of Rochester; and the first Bishop of St Albans.Sutton, C. W. "Claugh ...

, Bishop of Rochester and

Bishop of St Albans The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. The bishop is supported in his work by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Hertford and the Bishop of Bedford, and three ar ...

. * George Chase MC, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge and

Bishop of Ripon The Bishop of Ripon is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. The bishop is one of the area bishops of the Diocese of Leeds in the Province of York. The area bishop of Ripon has oversight o ...

* Reverend William Lucas Collins *

James Cotton James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band. He also played drums early in his career. ...

Dean of Bangor Bangor Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor) is a cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since t ...

* Francis Cramer-Roberts, Bishop of Nassau and Archdeacon of Blackburn * Reverend Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, 2nd Baronet * Edwin Dodgson * Alan Campbell Don KCVO,

Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons The Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, also known as the Speaker's Chaplain, is a Church of England priest who officiates at services held at the Palace of Westminster and its associated chapel, St Mary Undercroft. The Chaplain ...

1936–1946 and

1946–1959 * Nowell Twopeny, Archdeacon of Flinders *

Edward Feild Edward Feild (7 June 1801 at Worcester, England – 8 June 1876 at Hamilton, Bermuda) was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland. Early years Born in Worcester, E ...

, Bishop of Newfoundland and Archdeacon of Bermuda *

Launcelot Fleming William Launcelot Scott Fleming (7 August 1906 – 30 July 1990) was a British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Portsmouth and later the Bishop of Norwich. He was also noted as a geologist and explorer. Childhood Fleming was born in Edi ...

, Bishop of Portsmouth and

Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in t ...

* Rev. Thomas Valpy French, first Bishop of

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

* Archibald Ronald Gordon, Bishop of Portsmouth,

Bishop at Lambeth The Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York is a position within the hierarchy of the Church of England. It is a non-diocesan appointment in which a bishop acts as head of staff or general assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to ...

and

Bishop to the Forces The Anglican church in the British Armed Forces falls under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury; however, for all practical purposes the function is performed by the Bishop to the Forces. His full title is "The Archbishop of Canterbur ...

Rupert Hoare Rupert William Noel Hoare (born 3 March 1940) is a former dean of Liverpool and Anglican area bishop of Dudley. Hoare was born in Sussex and attended the Dragon School in Oxford before attending Rugby School. Upon completing his secondary educat ...

, Dean of Liverpool and

Bishop of Dudley The Bishop of Dudley is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dudley in the West Midlands; the See was er ...

* Percy Mark Herbert KCVO, the first

Bishop of Blackburn The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York. The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is loca ...

;

and

* Hugh Hornby,

Bishop of Hulme The Bishop of Hulme was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the Province of York, England. The See was created by Order in Council on 11 October 1923 (under the Suffragans Nomination ...

Phipps Hornby Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, (27 April 1785 – 19 March 1867) was a prominent and experienced Royal Navy officer of the nineteenth century. Hornby served on frigates throughout most of his wartime experience, which included witnessing the Nore M ...

Archdeacon of Lancaster The Archdeacon of Lancaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Blackburn. Originally created in the Diocese of Manchester it became part of the new Diocese of Blackburn in 1926. As Archdeacon he or she is responsible for the ...

* Rev Francis Jayne,

Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the ...

and academic *

Thomas Jex-Blake Thomas William Jex-Blake (1832–1915) was an Anglican priest and educationalist. He was born on 26 January 1832, the son of lawyer Thomas Jex-Blake and the brother of Sophia Jex-Blake, who was a pioneer in women doctors in the United Kingdom. He ...

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: Ric ...

also a teacher and Headmaster of Rugby *

Michael Gresford Jones Edward Michael Gresford Jones (called Michael; 21 October 19017 March 1982) was a Church of England bishop. He was the son of Herbert Gresford Jones who was also a bishop. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ...

, Bishop of Willesden and

* Edwin Kempson,

Bishop of Warrington __NOTOC__ The Bishop of Warrington is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Warrington in Cheshire; the current ...

Francis Kilner Francis Charles Kilner (1851–1921) was a British Anglican suffragan bishop in the early part of the 20th century. Born in 1851 at Chester (where his father, James Kilner, also a priest, was prison chaplain), Francis was educated at Rugby and ...

, Bishop of Richmond * Carey Knyvett,

Archdeacon of Northampton The Archdeacon of Northampton is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Peterborough. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, ...

and Bishop of Selby * William Lake,

Dean of Durham The Dean of Durham is the "head" (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the Chapter, the ruling body of Durham Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cu ...

* John Lawton,

Archdeacon of Warrington The archdeacons in the Diocese of Liverpool are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in a highly irregular area surrounding the city of Liverpool. They are the archdeacons of Liverpool, of St Helens and Warrington, of Knows ...

* Edward Legge,

Dean of Windsor The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as ''primus inter pares''. The post of Dean of Wolverhampton was assimilated to the dea ...

and

Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft, following the confirmation of his elect ...

* William MacKennal, Archdeacon of Ely *

Hugh Montefiore Hugh William Montefiore (born Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore; 12 May 1920 – 13 May 2005) was an English Anglican bishop and academic, who served as Bishop of Kingston from 1970 to 1978 and Bishop of Birmingham from 1978 to 1987. Early life and ...

Bishop of Kingston The Bishop of Kingston (technically of ''Kingston upon Thames'' or, originally, of ''Kingston-on-Thames'') is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The t ...

1970–1978 and

Bishop of Birmingham A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

1977–1987 * Frank Okell, Bishop of Stockport and

Archdeacon of Macclesfield The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macc ...

* Grandage Powell,

Archdeacon of Carlisle The Archdeacon of Carlisle is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle. The archdeacon is responsible for some pastoral care and discipline of the clergy in the ancient archdeaconry of Carlisle. Sources would seem to indicate ...

and Bishop of Penrith * John Purchas, Church of England priest who was prosecuted for ritualist practices * Norman Rathbone,

Dean of Hereford The Dean of Hereford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Hereford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Blessed Virgin Mary and St Eth ...

* Charles Waldegrave Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar * Augustus Shears, clergyman who

translated Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

part of the

Prayer Book A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are ...

into Burmese * Walter Waddington Shirley, churchman and ecclesiastical historian *

Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st '' Duc'' de Stacpoole (16 August 1787 – 7 July 1848) was an Anglo-French Catholic aristocrat and member of the French peerage. The son of George Stacpoole, 1st '' Comte'' Stacpoole (created by letters p ...

* Lovelace Stamer, Archdeacon of Stoke and Bishop of Shrewsbury *

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he w ...

, English churchman, and

* Arthur Stanton Anglo-catholic priest *

John Stott John Robert Walmsley Stott (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was an English Anglican cleric and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In ...

evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

minister who later was a curate of All Souls, Langham place and a leading figure involved in drafting the

Lausanne Covenant The Lausanne Covenant is a July 1974 religious manifesto promoting active worldwide Christian evangelism. One of the most influential documents in modern evangelicalism, it was written at the First International Congress on World Evangelizatio ...

* Alfred Swann,

Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

and Archdeacon of Hong Kong * Henry Herbert Symonds, Anglican priest who was a driving force behind the creation of National Parks * Frederick Stephen Temple, Dean of Hong Kong and Bishop of Malmesbury * William Temple,

Bishop of Manchester The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). The current bishop is David Walker w ...

1921–29;

Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers th ...

1929–42 and Archbishop of Canterbury 1942–44; an influential radical thinker, and father of the post-war Welfare State *

David Urquhart David Urquhart Jr. (1 July 180516 May 1877) was a Scottish diplomat, writer and politician, serving as a Member of Parliament from 1847 to 1852. He also was an early promotor of the Turkish bath in the United Kingdom. Early life Urquhart was bo ...

, Bishop of Birkenhead and the current

bishop of Birmingham A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

* Henry Wace,

* Richard Watson,

Bishop of Burnley The Bishop of Burnley is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Burnley in Lancashire. Originally, the suffragan ...

* Edward Were,

Bishop of Derby The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese o ...

1889–1909, and Bishop of Stafford 1909–1915 *

Edward Winnington-Ingram Edward Henry Winnington-Ingram (13 March 184927 April 1930) was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1910 to 1923. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge; and ordained priest on 21 February 1875 by Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter, a ...

Archdeacon of Hereford The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford. History The first recorded archdeac ...

The Law

* Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales * Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. * Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen QC, PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary *

Horace Davey, Baron Davey Horace Davey, Baron Davey, PC, FRS, FBA (30 August 183320 February 1907) was an English judge and Liberal politician. Background and education Davey was the son of Peter Davey, of Horton, Buckinghamshire and Caroline Emma Pace, and was bo ...

PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary *

David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, (born 27 June 1938) is a retired Scottish judge who served as the first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013, having previously be ...

KT PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary * Sir Edward Marshall-Hall KC, English barrister and orator * Sir

Michael Kerry Sir Michael James Kerry KCB QC MA (5 August 1923 – 11 May 2012) was a British lawyer and civil servant who held the official titles of Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor from 1980 to 1984. Michael James Kerry was educat ...

KCB, QC, former

HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor The Government Legal Department (previously called the Treasury Solicitor's Department) is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service. The department is headed by the Treasury Solicitor. This office g ...

Robert Barton Robert Childers Barton (14 March 1881 – 10 August 1975) was an Anglo-Irish politician, Irish nationalist and farmer who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. His father was Charles William Ba ...

, Irish lawyer and statesman who worked on the Anglo-Irish Treaty * Major Sir Thomas Hetherington KCB,

, QC, TD, barrister and first head of the

Crown Prosecution Service The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advi ...

* Edmund Yorke, Legal scholar and barrister * Sir Robert Akenhead, High Court Judge and Head of the Technology and Construction Court * Wilfred Baugh Allen, judge * Sir Lewis Cave, judge *Sir

George Farwell George Michell Farwell (3 October 1911 – 6 August 1976) was an English-born Australian novelist, freelance journalist, broadcaster and travel writer. Early career Farwell was born in Bath, Somerset, England. and was educated at a number of dif ...

, Lord Justice of Appeal * Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett, DSC QC, barrister and member of the

European Commission for Human Rights The European Commission of Human Rights was a special body of the Council of Europe. From 1954 to the entry into force of Protocol 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights, individuals did not have direct access to the European Court of Hu ...

* Alfred Gordon Clark, judge * Charles Sprengel Greaves * Philip Guedalla, barrister * Sir Alfred van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith, colonial judge who became

Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is the highest judge of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and presides over its Supreme Court of Judicature. He is appointed by a common decision of the president, the prime minister and the leader of the m ...

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, (27 November 1812 – 4 May 1895) was an English lawyer and politician. He served twice as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Background and education Palmer was born at Mixbury in Oxfordshire, where ...

Lord Chancellor The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...

1872–1874 & 1880–1885;

Attorney General for England and Wales His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is one of the law officers of the Crown and the principal legal adviser to sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales. The attorney general maintains the Attorney G ...

1863–1866; and

Solicitor General for England and Wales His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the law officers of the Crown in the government of the United Kingdom. They are the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to ad ...

1861–1863 * Sir Lawrence Peel PC,

Advocate-General of Bengal The Advocate-General of Bengal was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Bengal Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1765 to 1947. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the East India Company, t ...

and Chief Justice of Bengal * Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle, county court judge and liberal party politician * Thomas Bateman Napier county court judge and politician * John Sandford, judicial commissioner of Burma and Mysore * Sir Leslie Frederic Scott, KC, Lord Justice of Appeal and Liberal MP * William Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens KBE, PC, KC, Chief Justice of India * Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd Kt PC,

President of the Queen's Bench Division The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts. It hears appeals on point ...

and the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales * Jonathan David Chattyn Turner, barrister specialising in intellectual property and competition law * Dudley Ward, New Zealand judge and politician

Literature

Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, lit ...

, Victorian poet and critic (son of Headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold) * Rupert Brooke, English poet * Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet * Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...

, famous for ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creature ...

'' * Richard Doyle, English author * Dominic Hibberd, English critic and biographer *

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, the '' Alex Rider'' series, and '' ...

, English writer * Edmund George Valpy Knox, editor of

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